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Moose Blood knows how to deploy those brief, one-beat or one-bar bits of silence or quiet, letting the rhythm section drop out before kicking into an explosive chorus, letting a concussive snare roll and beefy bass sound snap listeners to attention.

According to park officials, some of the local Luo people come into the park at night from their villages on the other side of the Albert Nile and set snares to catch antelope, but elephants and giraffes become unintended victims.

Jonas Mange, who now works on education projects for the African Wildlife Foundation, used to hunt bonobos in Congo, venturing into the shadowy recesses of the forest and laying snares made from loops of twisted wire.

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Origin and Etymology of snare

Middle English, from Old English sneare, probably from Old Norse snara; akin to Old High German snuor cord and perhaps to Greek narkē numbness

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The ideas in the Republican plan include cutting the corporate tax rate to 20 percent, shedding the complexity of deductions and repealing of the Alternative Minimum Tax, which snares increasing numbers of Americans into paying higher rates.

The runner-up will snare $5 million, with an additional $5 million set aside for notable achievements, such as traveling more than three miles on the surface, finding evidence for liquid water, or enduring the harsh lunar night.

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